There were no suprises during the welterweight championship bout, Saturday night at The Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Welterweight Champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. took no chances and cruised to a unanimous decision over WBC Welterweight Champion Carlos Baldomir. Two judges had Floyd pitching a 12 round shut out 120-108, while one judge gave…
Defending World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Sergei “White Wolf” Liakhovich appeared to be cruising to a decision win in a relatively uneventful contest under a full moon at Phoenix’s Chase Field Saturday night until Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs exploded in the last 30 seconds in the 12th and final round to score two miraculous knockdowns–the…
Carlos Baldomir’s recent impressive victories over Zab Judah and Arturo Gatti meant nothing last night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas as the Argentine’s opponent this time out was Floyd Mayweather Jr, who lived up to his reputation of being the pound for pound best fighter in boxing today and drubbed the reigning WBC…
The Emperor’s Palace Casino in Kempton Park, South Africa was the scene of one of the best fights of the year to date when unheralded domestic featherweight champion Malcolm Klassen shocked those at ringside by outfighting IBF 130lb Champion Gairy St. Claire to take a twelve round decision by comfortable margins. Despite stepping up a…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Sergei Liakhovich was thirty seconds away from logging a successful defense of his WBO Heavyweight title when the much vaunted punching power of challenger Shannon Briggs turned the contest around sharply and left the champion floored outside of the ring, semi-conscious on a ringside table. After 14 years as…
**WITH MASSIVE BOXING GALLERY** Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing There was fantastic support at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England last night for the Maloney Promotions/Fight Academy Championship Boxing event, billed as “Unleashed”, and headlined by British Super Featherweight Champion Carl Johanneson defending against undefeated challenger Femi Fehintola. The audience in…
**WITH MASSIVE BOXING GALLERY** Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Apart from the main event, there were some excellent fights on the Johanneson – Fehintola undercard last night. It was a really entertaining evening, people all around the Barnsley Metrodome stood on their feet, applauding the contests. Welterweight John ‘Fireball’ Fewkes…
Click for larger image © Mark DeSisto / Saddo Boxing Carlos Baldomir and Floyd Mayweather Jr. showed up in top shape for Friday’s weigh-in at The Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Welterweight Champion Baldomir came right in at the welterweight limit of 147 lbs, while IBF Welterweight Champion Mayweather came in…
Liakhovich to Face Briggs, Diaz to Square Off With Angulo on Saturday, Nov. 4, At 9 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING From Chase Field, Phoenix, Ariz. SERGEI LIAKHOVICH (23-1, 14 KOs): “I will test Brigg’s chin. We“ll see what he’s got.†“I’m a fighter. I need to feel my opponent out first before I…
Click for larger image © Ed Mulholland / Showtime Boxing In an upset last night at Bally’s Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, light welter Kendall Holt took Isaac Hlatshwayo to school, pulling away from the talented South African in the later rounds and dropping the visitor three times enroute to a wide points decision…
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From left to right: Challenger Fernando Angulo (left) and WBA Lightweight Champion Juan Diaz (right) both weighed in at 134 pounds today at Tradiciones Restaurant in Phoenix, Ariz. Don King (middle) will present the Diaz-Angulo bout on Saturday from Chase Field in Phoenix. In the main event, WBO Click for larger image© Tom Casino Showtime…